Borel, Antoine

(1743-after 1810) (France)

   Painter, designer and engraver. Started as a portrait painter, but turned to allegorical works with political implications and depictions of contemporary manners and lifestyles. Illustrated a number of erotic novels toward end of the 18th century with sophisticated, explicit images. Together with El-luin, probably the finest of the 18 th century French erotic artists.

   Reproductions: [Couple engaged in oral sex surprised by a woman]; c1780; engraving; Klinger, 1984a: fig. 1312 . [Erect male at woman's balcony]; c1780; engraving; Klinger, 1984a: fig. 1313 [B]. [Group sex with female masturbation] from edition of Therese Philosophe; 1785; engraving; Dopp, 2004: pp. 88, 89, [B]. [Group sex scene]; c1780; engraving; Klinger, 1984a: fig. 1311 [B] / Dopp, 2004: p. 93 [B]. Illustration from Parapilla; 1782; engraving; Dopp, 2004: p. 91 [B]. Illustration to Confederation of nature or Art of reproduction; 1780; Neret, 1994: pp. 254-255 [B]. Illustrations to Felicia ou mes fredaines; 1782; Klinger, 1982b: pp. 111-115 [B] / Galante, 1980: n.p. [B]. Illustrations to Les Epices de Venus; 1787; Galante, 1980: n.p. [B]. Illustrations to Fanny Hill by Cleland; 1776; Wagner, 1986: pp. 109-112 [B] / Grimley, 1973: figs. 29-43 [B] / Neret, 1994: pp. 248-253 / Hill, 1996: pp. 25, 26, 31 [B]. Illustrations to L'Aretin François by Nogarets; 1787; Wagner, 1986: pp. 118-122 [B] / Grimley, 1973: fig. 48 [B] / Neret, 1994: pp. 148-157 [B]. Illustrations to La Foutromanie by Meilhans; 1780; Wagner, 1986: pp. 116-117 [B] / Galante, 1980: n.p. [B]. Illustrations to Le Meursius François by Chorier; 1782; Wagner, 1986: pp. 93-96 [B] / Galante, 1980: n.p. [B] / Neret, 1994: pp. 242-244 [B]. Illustrations to Le Portier des Chartreux, under the title Memoires de Saturnin, ecrits par lui-meme; 1787; Grimley, 1973: figs. 1 -14, 49 [B] / Neret, 1994: pp. 232-241 [B]. Illustrations to Marquis de Sade; c1790; engraving; Klinger, 1984a: figs. 1295-1305 [B]. Illustrations to Parapilla by Bordes, 1782: Wagner, 1986: pp. 114-115 [B] / Galante, 1980: n.p. [B] / Neret, 1994: pp. 244-247 [B]. Illustrations to Therese Philosophe by d'Argens; 1785: Wagner, 1986: pp. 97-102 [B] / Neret, 1994: pp. 220-231 [B]. [Man and woman having sex on chair]; engraving; Hill, 1996: p. 18 [B]. [Man entering woman from the rear]; Hill, 1992: p. 109 [B]. [Nude lovers in bedroom]; engraving; Dopp, 2004: p. 92 [B]. [Threesome copulating]; c1780; engraving; Klinger, 1984a: fig. 1314 [B]. [Woman masturbates sleeping man in bed]; engraving; Hill, 1996: p. 16 [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 2: p. 866; Borel, Antoine, 1743—1810: Cent vignettes erotiques gravees par Elluin pour illustrer sept Romans libertins du dix-huitieme siиcle, Images Obliques, no. 2 (Lyons: Editions Borderie, 1978); ThB IV 1910: p. 352.